Tech & Digital-Lead-QA Engineer

HDFC Bank; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HDFC Bank is seeking a Lead QA Engineer to design and implement QA strategies across multiple locations (Mumbai, Bengaluru, Chennai, Gurgaon). You will ensure high-quality application deployments and manage bank project testing departments.

You will lead a high-performance QA team, define testing scope, automate in DevOps/CICD, and present quality metrics while aligning with business standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT.
• Experience in QA strategy and BFSI domains is essential.
• Strong understanding of functional and non-functional testing.
• Hands-on in manual and automated testing.
• Ability to lead and manage QA teams.
• Experience with end-to-end QA across large banking projects.
• Knowledge of banking applications and data usage.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.
• Familiarity with modern tech stacks in QA.
• Ability to prioritize features and bug fixes.

Responsibilities

• Develop testing strategy with leaders
• Define project testing scope
• Understand quality of service
• Build high performance QA team
• Create traceability templates
• Present quality metrics, propose bug reduction
• Manage QA budget
• Lead QA engineers to meet objectives
• Oversee end-to-end testing cycles
• Establish quality standards with business
• Manage test scripts and results metadata
• Maintain bank compliance and procedures
• Define bug criticality metrics
• Automate test cases in DevOps/CICD

Skills

Testing strategy development

BFSI domain knowledge

Non-functional requirements

Manual and automation testing

Team management

Comprehensive testing strategies

Banking applications understanding

Communication, modern tech stacks

Banking data usage

Prioritize functionalities, bugs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, IT

Job description

Role Description

Job Title

Lead QA Engineer

Job Details

• Business Unit: Tech & Digital
• Team: SHIKHAR COE
• Reports to: Delivery Head
• Location: Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai & Gurgaon
• Job Fn: QA Engineer
• Role Type: IC Role
• Direct Reports: 5
• Travel: No
• Job Band: D1-D2
• Created: 5th March 2024

Job Purpose

• Design and implement QA strategies
• Ensure high quality application deployment
• Manage bank project testing departments

Job Responsibilities

• Develop testing strategy with leaders
• Define project testing scope
• Understand quality of service
• Build high performance QA team
• Create traceability templates
• Present quality metrics, propose bug reduction
• Manage QA budget
• Lead QA engineers to meet objectives
• Oversee end-to-end testing cycles
• Establish quality standards with business
• Manage test scripts, results metadata
• Maintain bank compliance, procedures
• Define bug criticality metrics
• Automate test cases in DevOps/CICD

Educational Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, IT

Key Skills

• Testing strategy development
• BFSI domain knowledge
• Non-functional requirements understanding
• Manual and automation testing
• Team management capabilities
• Comprehensive testing strategies
• Banking applications understanding
• Communication, modern tech stacks
• Banking data usage, relationships
• Prioritize functionalities, bugs

Experience Required

• 11-14 years overall experience
• 10+ years testing experience
• 3+ years as QA Head, preferably banking

Major Stakeholders

• Internal: Engineering Leads, Product Owner, Business experts, IT audit, QA Team, DevOps
• External: Partners, prospective suppliers